August 13, 2017
MoRivCC Meeting

The meeting was held at Cooper’s Landing from 9:20 to 10:40 am.

Board Members (a quorum was present):  Vanessa Leitza, Madeleine Lightfoot, Mike Cooper, and Ron Penny.  Absent:  Michael Stacy, John Clark, and Gary Hildebrandt.  Vanessa chaired the meeting.

Volunteers Present:  Keith Fletcher, and for a portion of the meeting, Martha Mullinax.

Visitor Present:  Dave Lineberry.

Previous Meeting Minutes:  July 9th minutes have been emailed to the board.  Ron moved to approve, Vanessa seconded, and the minutes were approved.

Financial:  Treasurer was not present for this meeting.

Fundraising:  Logboat Brewing Company has become a MoRivCC sponsor by donating $500.   Vanessa will send a formal thank you letter to our new sponsor.

Alexis Malone is helping to develop a fundraising plan.  She will research grant funding, and is approaching potential sponsors.  

Cataloging:  Martha Mullinax gave the report.  Progressing from our first videos in 2005, the committee is now reviewing projects from early 2015.  She again stressed the need for more volunteers on this project, particularly those who can meet musicians in the evenings at the MoRivCC office to obtain song titles.  Dave Lineberry indicated he can assist in this way, and Mike Cooper will help him to learn the cataloging process.

Technology:  Mike Cooper said he has a new computer with USB 3.1 capability.  It can transfer files at twice the speed of USB 3.0.

Current Recording Projects:  Mike said it appears that our test-recording in HD worked well enough to enable us to use HD at EcoArtFest, but final determination cannot be made without Gary’s report.  Gary is editing the recording of The Fried Crawdaddies in HD.

Future Recording Projects:  

	Pippa and the Strawmen August 27th at Cooper’s Landing

EcoArtFest September 9th and 10th at Cooper’s Landing.  
 
Vanessa is the event coordinator.  Mike and Gary are video directors.  Ron is stage manager and will handle live sound.  Julie Frala will be greeting the musicians as they arrive, and will obtain their playlists and contact information.  Pippa Letsky will be in charge of the silent auction; Alexis Malone and Amy McGovern are assisting her in soliciting donations.  Edna Lynch is in charge of the bake sale.  

Logboat Brewing will provide beer for the musicians.   Cooper’s Landing is providing water, food, and ice as part of sponsorship.  Julie will make sandwiches.  Ron moved to approve $200 for snacks and sandwiches in the musicians’ hospitality area; Vanessa seconded, and this was approved.

Vanessa said 17 booths have been rented so far, with space for a maximum of 30.  We usually rent 12 to 20. It was noted that sponsors will be given free booth space.  
 
There are 13 performance slots in all for the two-day event.  Several musicians who have been recorded before want to play, yet our top priority in choosing artists is to book those who have not been recorded.  Vanessa, Ron, and Mike will do all they can to broker a difficult balance in developing the performance line-up.

Old Business:  

	KOPN 89.5 FM:  Ron will host our first one-hour MoRivCC Radio Show starting at 2:00 pm on August 22.  Subsequent shows will air at 2:00 pm on the third Tuesday of each month.   

	Recording of Forte and Roe at the Boone County Historical Society:  This was a particularly fine performance, and we are unclear whether it is being edited by Bill Roe or by Gary Hildebrandt.  Mike will email Bill.  If Gary is editing it, we will need his update on this, as well as the HD recording.

New Business:  Vanessa has recruited Dennis Hodo and John Schneller as volunteers.  As mentioned previously, our visitor Dave Lineberry has volunteered to assist with cataloging.

Next Meeting:  9:00 am on September 17, 2017, at Cooper’s Landing.  

08-19-17 ml
09-17-17 board approved